Iron County register., 1887-06-30
| MEMORABLE FOURTH.
Some Interesting "reminiscences OF
War Times
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The Fourth of July is the birthday
of a Nation, and we always celebrate
birthdays at our house. There is the
paternaI and the maternal and ten
lively children, every one of whom had
birthdays, and it is good idea to
show their consequence and increase
their self-respect, and SO we generally
invite some friends or kindred, and
have something extra good for dinner.
1t is good long time since the Ma
ton was born, and it has had some
right sick spells, and few years ago
it liked to have died, and it had an
awful hemorrhage; but it is all right
now, and so we are going to celebrate
it as usual
But remember that about twenty
three years ago we didn't celebrate it
with much hilarity. In fact we were
not at home for company, and not very
much at home at all, and didn't have
time to celebrate any thing, for the
foul invader was after us, and we were
making tracks, and the tracks were
wide apart Me and my numerous
and lovely wife and offspring were
flying in haste over dirt road in a
one-horse rockaway and two-mule
wagon, and it looked like we were
trying to get round the foul invaders
to head 'em off and drive 'em back.
| but we wasn't An old-fashioned dirt
road is the best sort for runagee, for
it forks every few miles, and you can
take any fork you please and dodge
around and hide out, but when you
are on a railroad you can't. We never
stopped for the Fourth of July or
| any thing else, but kept driving before
and looking behind until we got dis
tance between us, and distance is a
good thing on such occasions. We
travelled by day and right smart at
night, and finally felt safe enough and
tired enough to take the cars for At
lanta and send our teams to place of
safety. The train was crowded with
runagees, and found but one vacant
place after had located my numerous
and interesting family. A luxurious
lady, with some aggravating curls, was
occupying nearly all of a seat, spread.
ing herself like setting hen all over
the velvet cushion.
MADAM" said I, ''can share this
seat with youp" She saw that I was
pretty good looking and said: Certain.
ly, sir,'' and she closed in her skirts
some several inches.
In short space of time she became
affected with drowiness and her ala.
baster neck became as timber as 9
greasy rag. Leaning on my shoulder
she seemed wonderfully affectionate as
her head kept bobbing around. and
felt very peculiar at such times as the
curving road would cause her to sub
side onto my palpitating bosom. He1
aggravating curls were getting tangled
up with my whiskers when about thi:
critical iuncture I ventured to turn my
astonished gaze towards Mrs. Arp
and seeing that she was waiting fol
some remark I whispered: "Hadn'
l better remove my seat-do you thinl
that can endure the like of this?'
ii do not, William" said she. "Yo,
had better stand up awhile and whel
YOU get tired some of the children will
relieve YOU"
The glance of her eye and the tom
of her voice caused me to assume
perpendicular attitude and the curl,
head YVES left without prop. A man
wife is the best judge of such peculia
things, and as for me am always gov
erned by it.
About the time we arrived in At
lanta the foul invader had crossed tn
. river on his pontoons and the next da.
began his attack. We thought tha